The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-28

Matte says it was with the utmost difficulty
that she escaped the vengeance of Louisa
who she claims was bent on and had de
ciared her intention of cutting her throat.
jeff Mitchell, an old colored resident OF
| Milledgeville, while in the bed Friday morn
ing, discovered that the thigh bone of one
leg was broken. He called in medical aid,
and while the physicians had him standing
| on his other leg to enable them to arrange
the splints of the broken limb, the weight
of the body caused the bone of that leg TO
break between the knee and and ankle joint.
| This is undoubtedly q strange thing to peo-
| pie generally, but the doctors say it is what
| they call osteo sarcoma, a disease of the
bone which causes it to waste away and
| lose its strength, when breaking Of the limb
necessarily ensues. A minister of the Pres
| byterian church in this State lost one of his
| arms in the same way within a year or two
past. His arm was amputated, and ne soon
| recovered his usual health.
A rather curious case, and one which illus
trates the negroes idea of law, was heard by
Justice Poe at Macon Friday A woman
named Mary Williams separated from her
husband, Curtis, and went TO Savannah.
Believing that separation was equivalent to
divorce, she married a man named How
ard. After living in Savannah several
months, she returned to Macon and sought
her first husband Prior to leaving Macon
she bought suite of furniture, which she
said was her daughters, and the bill was so
made out. Soon after her return here hus-
band No. died, and last June she followed
him. When husband No. 2 heard of her
death he came to Macon and took possession
of the furniture, saying he was his wife's
heir The daughter now comes forward
and claims the furniture, not only as her
mothers heir but that the furniture was
originally bought in her name and intended
for her. A possessory warrant followed,
and Friday Justice Poe gave her the furni
ture.
Fort Gaines Star. Mr.. Pugh Kirkland
who has been away some DAYS visiting rela-
tives, has returned, and closes the season by
the following snake story: 1t seems that he
and others were fishing when he discovered
very large water moccasin near by. Pro-
viding himself with stick, he gave battle,
and soon succeeded in annihilating his
writing antagonist Conceive of his
horror however when Immediately another
live and well snake crawled from the mouth
of the dead one and continued the fight. 1t
in turn was finally dispatched, when behold
another one, just a size smaller, appeared on
the scene, and again the battle proceeded
with fury. Having disposed of this one,
still another came TO the front, which in
turn was followed by others, until he had
slain fifteen or fifty-one, and we have for
gotten which But at any rate, they were
still coming promptly to time as every
round was called, when Pugh became ex-
hausted and threw up the sponge, and be-
took himself TO flight
At Mclean recently an aged negro couple,
Simon and Amiky Norman was attacked
at their home during the night by four in
toxicated men and treated in shameful
manner. A portion of the house and fence
years, driven into the swamp, several shots
having been fired at him as he fled for
his life After fretting all night in the
increases, be crept back TO his unpretentious
domicile, expecting to find the bloody corpse
of his dear old helpmeet but in this he was
agreeably surprised. Though nearly fright
ened TO death, she was still alive
The parties who committed these
depredations are three white men, Charles
and Brit Smith, the other unknown, and
Freeman Younglood, negro. The white
men deny all connection with the affair,
and say that it was Youngblood who did
the damage and shooting. They were in
the vicinity, but had nothing to do with the
trouble. Capt. Purcell has given the mat
ter his earnest attention, and says the case
will be placed before the grand jury. 1t is
said the Symlns furnished old man Simon
with nails and sufficient lumber to make all
repairs, but the matter was past redemp-
ton, and win be placed before the higher
authorities Immediately
The finding of the dead and mutilated
body of Primus Wright alongside the South
Carolina railroad track, beyond Hamburg,
is still fresh in the mind at Augusta.
Considering the position of the remains and
surrounding circumstances, the great ma
jority of people would conclude, as did the
coroner's jury, that a locomotive pilot had
done the fatal work Very little faith was
placed in this idea, however, by some of
those who had heard the testimony, and
then it became noised about that the man
had been murdered and his body placed
near the track, in order to bring about the
superstition that his death had been caused
by the train. 1t was also stated that an I'M
known mulatto man, who had accom-
panied Wright down the track,
had disappeared, and that the satch-
ell Wright carried was not found
with the remains. Again, those who knew
were of the opinion that the wound on the
dead mans head could hardly have been
caused by the engine. The most startling
part of the affair Is a rumor heard on the
streets Friday that several parties who had
visited the fatal spot, with very little trouble
discovered tell-tale track of blood leading
from the swamp below to the place where
the body was found. An effort was made
to get positive information on the subject,
but without success.